genealogy

I’d like to but the privacy problems are holding me back

I’ve been meaning to do this for a while something less complex than your normal chart. Something fun to look at like this...

For me it’s my 5th great grandmother anyone further back in the tree is my ancestor because I think 6 greats is a bit much.

This is something I’ve always wanted to do since I’ve started genealogy research for my family....

When doing genealogy there’s many different documents to look through my favorites to find are census records and death certificates because they provide a lot of info in very few documents. However there are a lot of other types including social security index records and tax records. Today I am asking what type of record or...

The one who seemingly has no records or takes so much work to dig up one record...

I know folks here on Lemmy love FOSS so I’d suggest Gramps if you’re looking for suggestions!

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For me anything before about 1750 is pretty murky and the records are harder to find and confirm

Did they live amazing live? Did they pass away in a odd way? Let’s hear Whatever stories you’d like to share!

I’ve done this a few times including members of my family who passed in the 1800s. It always felted strange knowing this is my family from over 200 years ago and I can visit their final resting place even today. Has anyone else done this and what’s the oldest headstone you’ve visited?

I’ve seen this a lot in my research every family seems to have one even my family tree has a women some claim was a Native American(or about 3 other races the story isn’t clear) but what’s up with this?

Hello everyone! As the previous mod of this community is no longer active I requested to be made mod and am very thankful to the admins to granting my request. Over the next week I will be attempting to revive this community so stay tuned!

What is genealogy? Defined by Wikipedia, genealogy is “the study of families, family history, and the tracing of their lineages.”...

Hello, I just wanted to share with you the info that I successfully found my great great grandfather which I mentioned in previous post here...

Researchers have found that previous studies analyzing the genomes of people with European ancestry may have reported inaccurate results by not fully accounting for population structure. By considering mixed genetic lineages, researchers at the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the National Institutes of...

Hello everyone I made a post earlier but I decided to delete it. I worded it very poorly and would like to rephrase it. From what I can tell the first ever photo was taken in 1816 or 1826. If anyone can find other wise please let me know. There is a famous picture of my of my 5th great grandmother that has been passed off as her...

If you know me on r/genealogy, you’ve seen this post from me before. It usually succeeds in generating conversation, so I’m hoping we’d all like to talk about it here....